Setting up an SSH client on a Windows host

You can prepare the SSH client on a Windows host.

The workstation for the Storwize® V3500 include the PuTTY client program, which is a Microsoft Windows SSH client program. The PuTTY client program can be installed on your workstation in one of these ways:
  • If you purchased the workstation hardware option from IBM®, the PuTTY client program has been preinstalled on the hardware.
  • You can use the workstation software installation CD to install the PuTTY client program.
  • You can use the separate PuTTY client program-installation wizard, putty-version-installer.exe. You can download the PuTTY client program from this website:

    Download Putty

Note: Before you install the PuTTY client program, ensure that your Windows system meets the system requirements.

To connect to the system, the SSH client requires a user login name and an SSH password (or if you require command-line access without entering a password, the key pair). Authenticate to the system using a management user name and password. When using an SSH client to access a system, you must use your user name and password. The system uses the password (and if not a password, the SSH key pair) to authorize the user accessing the system.